Jatroplia 



EUPHORBIACEJE 



311 



usually shorter than the leaves, branching freely from the base 

 or pedunculate, compact, many-flowered, more or less tomentellous, 

 5-1-5 dm. 1. Jacq. Hort. Vindob. i/l. t. 63; Writ/lit Mem. 219; 

 Jussicn Eiiyhorl. Tent. t. 11, /. 34A ; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. In<1. 36; 

 Murll. Arg. In DC. Prod,: .cv.pt. 2, 1080 & in Fl. Bm*. .< /. pt. 2, 

 1-7, /. 68; Bail!. Hist. v. 112, fy. 163-165; Cook & Coll. in 



- I,. 



E, Female llo\u-r \\ith calyx and 



removed X :5. 

 I-'. < >\ary cut ac 



G, Capsule x :.. 



n. Seed x 7. 



I, Seed cut leii-tliuise X (>. 



Fig. 103. ^ 



A, Leaf 



I'.. Male (lower cut len^lhwix.-, outer 



.-lament remove.! x 3. 

 (', Stamens X 9. 

 D, Female flower cut lengthwise X 3. 



Contrib. U.S. Nut. Herb, i-iii. 171, /. -1 2 : r/7. Sifinh. Ant. iv. 34 

 I'n.i- in Einjl. l^luii-fiirrii-li ir. 1(7. 77, fnj. .')0. Kiciiuis. lu-us 

 folio &c. Xlninii' Cot. 4<> A r ///x/. /. lL'7. .1. assur^cns, ticus folio 

 llnnni, Hist. Jam. 34S. (Fi^. 10."..) Type in IL'eri.. I. inn. 

 Specimen from Ilort. ClitK in Herb. .M us. I'.rit. 



Physic Nut. 



Sloanc Herb. ii. !J4 ! Houston > ' wore in Herb. Sloanc 



